Staff Software Engineer, Backend

What you'll do

• Design and develop a high performance data platform that can handle large volumes of data in real-time
• Build new product features from start to finish through to research, implementation, and maintenance
• Help improve performance and reliability of net new and existing features
• Lead any initiative you think may have a strong impact on Formal
• Design scalable services as Formal grows and processes more traffic

What You Need

• 6+ years of relevant software development experience building data-intensive software platforms
• You value code simplicity and performance
• Strong knowledge of Golang and experience with its ecosystem
• Experience with streaming data processing frameworks such as Apache Kafka and Google Pub/Sub
• Experience debugging and optimizing complex production systems
• Experience working in DBs, OS, networking, or other systems-level environments
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes) and infrastructure as a code technologies (Terraform)
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team
• You are a strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills

Nice-to-Haves

• You have worked in a fast, high-growth startup environment before
• You have experience using tools like Temporal and Render
• You have extensive knowledge of datastore protocols (Postgres, S3, Kafka)
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, such as Azure or GCP

Compensation

This role offers cash compensation and a stock options grant. The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.

Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)

• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
• Partially covered for your dependents
• Flexible PTO